Sheringham Town Hall

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Sheringham Town Hall
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Sheringham Town Hall
LocationChurch Street, Sheringham
Coordinates 52°56′33″N1°12′30″E / 52.9426°N 1.2084°E / 52.9426; 1.2084 Coordinates: 52°56′33″N1°12′30″E / 52.9426°N 1.2084°E / 52.9426; 1.2084
Built1912
ArchitectStanley Simons & Co.
Architectural style(s) Edwardian style
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Shown in Norfolk

Sheringham Town Hall, formerly known as Sheringham Council Offices, is a former municipal building in Church Street, Sheringham, Norfolk, England. The structure served as the headquarters of Sheringham Urban District Council and then as the offices and meeting place of Sheringham Town Council until it closed in August 2019.

History

Following significant population growth, largely associated with the fishing industry, Lower Sheringham became an urban district in 1901. [1] In 1911, the new council decided to commission purpose-built council offices: [2] the site they selected was vacant land at the junction of Church Street and Saint Peter's Road. [3] The new building was designed by the local architects, Stanley Simons & Co., in the Edwardian style, built in red brick with stone dressings and was completed in 1912. [4] [5]

The design involved a symmetrical main frontage at the junction of Church Street and Saint Peter's Road; the central bay featured a recessed doorway with a fanlight on the ground floor and a prominent oriel window on the first floor surmounted by a short clock tower with a ogee-shaped roof. The central bay was flanked by curved sections which were fenestrated by three-part round headed windows separated by colonettes on the ground floor and three part square-headed windows separated by pilasters on the first floor. The side facades featured sections of four-part round headed windows which were also separated by colonettes. Internally, the principal room was the council chamber on the first floor. [6]

At the end of the First World War, a service of thanksgiving was held outside the town hall to celebrate the armistice: almost the whole town attended the service. [7] The building continued to serve as the headquarters of the urban district council for much of the 20th century, [8] but ceased to be the local seat of government when the enlarged North Norfolk District Council was formed with its offices in Cromer in 1974. [9] It then served as the offices and meeting place of Sheringham Town Council and was the venue for the signing of a twinning agreement with the town of Otterndorf in Lower Saxony in Germany in 1998. [10]

After the town council relocated to Sheringham Community Centre in Holway Road in August 2019, the building was mothballed. [11] The contents of the town hall were auctioned in January 2021 and a planning application to convert the building for residential use was submitted to North Norfolk District Council in July 2021. [12]

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References

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  2. ↑ Contracts. Vol. 84. The Architect and Buildings News. 1910. Sheringham, 5 September, the Urban District Council invite designs for proposed new Council offices
  3. ↑ "Ordnance Survey Map". 1900. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  4. ↑ Contracts. Vol. 74. The British Architect. 1910. At a meeting of the Sheringham Urban District Council held on 14 October, the council selected the plans submitted by Messrs. Stanley Simons and Co., of Sheringham, as the most suitable for their council offices
  5. ↑ "Sheringham Conservation Area Appraisal" (PDF). North Norfolk District Council. p. 62. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  6. ↑ "Future of Sheringham Town Hall in question after council agrees to relocate". North Norfolk News. 6 March 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  7. ↑ Browning, Stephen (2017). Norfolk Coast in the Great War: King's Lynn, Hunstanton, Sheringham, Cromer and Great Yarmouth. Pen and Sword. ISBN   978-1473848788.
  8. ↑ "No. 45690". The London Gazette . 1 June 1972. p. 6615.
  9. ↑ Local Government Act 1972. 1972 c.70. The Stationery Office Ltd. 1997. ISBN   0-10-547072-4.
  10. ↑ "Last chance to own historic items as town hall goes under offer". Eastern Daily Press. 23 January 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  11. ↑ "Town hall mothballed as council calls in the movers". North Norfolk News. 7 August 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  12. ↑ "Bid to convert former Sheringham town hall into a home". North Norfolk News. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
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